Costing more than £50 billion and as big as 98 football pitches, the brand new Daxing International airport has finally opened for business with its first commercial flights taking off today.
The airport was opened by China's President Xi Jinping on Wednesday and is set to become one of the busiest airports in the country. Estimates indicate it will be handling up to 72 million passengers a year by 2025, eventually reaching 100 million designed by architect Zaha Hadid and many have called it a giant starfish, although according to local media it is supposed to be a 'phoenix'.
